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Originally, these solid-cast bronzes were attached to the base of a special type of pyramid-shaped incense burner known from more complete examples in the Vatican Museums and in Olympia. Each leg consists of a carefully rendered lion's paw with wings surmounted by a nude youth with long hair. This same motif was used on the legs of candelabra and cistae (toiletries boxes).
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Title: Bronze tripod base for a thymiaterion (incense burner)
Period: Classical
Date: ca. 475–450 BCE
Culture: Etruscan, Vulci
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: H. 4 5/16 in. (11 cm)
Classification: Bronzes
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
Object Number: 20.37.1a–c
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